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Subject: Re: RMS,Debian and KDE
From: Steve Hutton <shutton () mediaone ! net>
Date: 2000-06-20 14:52:07
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Implicit permission to link against an incompatible library
> wasn't assumed for XForms-based GPL applications so Debian is not
> treating KDE code differently than other cases. Three GPL'ed
> XForms-based applications were removed from potato and woody for
> a similar reason (GPL incompatible with XForms) even though the
> applications were written for XForms (and not ported to it).
Ah, so it is Debian's policy to exclude packages that even RMS
would say are legal to distribute.
> The removed packages are xfmix, xmysql and xldlas
>
> http://www.uk.debian.org/Bugs/db/39/39521.html
> http://www.uk.debian.org/Bugs/db/39/39522.html
> http://www.uk.debian.org/Bugs/db/39/39524.html
Has anyone considered waging a campaign to force either
the authors of these packages or the authors of XForms to
change their license?
A good place to start might be a prominantly placed editorial
on freshmeat or slashdot. If enough anger could be drummed
up against them, surely they would eventually cave in.
Steve
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